WITNESS LIST
Economic Development Committee
April 20, 1999-9:00A
HB 2450
FOR: McKinney, Mike (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gray, Alan (Licensed Beverage Distributors), Austin
Sparks, Robert (Licensed Beverage Distributors), Austin
SB 169
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Doss, Dianna (Texas State Florists' Assn.), Austin
SB 288
FOR: Davis, Will (Texas Assoc. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Barron, Connie (Texas Medical Association), Austin
Evans, Richard (TABCC), Austin
Hanners, Sally (Texas Dental Association), Austin
Keene, Russ (AETNA), Austin
Kloster, Jeff (Tx. Assoc. of Health Plans), Austin
Leiferman, Cynthia (Advocacy, Inc.), Austin
Pollard, Mike (Texas Assoc. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin
Samuels, Marc (Texas Pediatric Society), Austin
Against: Payne, Tyson (Texas Association of Life Underwriters), Austin
Simonton, Kay (Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Texas), Austin
On: Myron, Rhonda (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin
SB 497
FOR: Leiferman, Cynthia (Advocacy, Inc.), Austin
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union), Austin
McPherson, Kim (The Mental Health Association of Texas), Austin
AGAINST: Davis, Will (Texas Assoc. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin
ON: Myron, Rhonda (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Pollard, Mike (Texas Assoc. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin
Thompson, Jay (Texas Assoc. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin
SB 508
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Powers, Bill (Texas Farm Bureau), Austin
SB 512
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Kloster, Jeff (Texas Assoc. of Health Plans), Austin
SB 532
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Judge Prindle, Sandy (Justices of the Peace Assn.), Hurst
SB 538
FOR: Rothstein, Mark (Self), Houston
Sokolow, Judith (Advocacy, Inc.), Austin
AGAINST: Pollard, Mike (Texas Assoc. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin
Thompson, Jay (Texas Assoc. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gilchrist, Alfred (Texas Medical Association), Austin
Marshall, Susan (The Arc of Texas), Austin
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union), Austin
Samuels, Marc (Texas Pediatric Society), Austin
Westbrook, Redge (CTD- Coalition of Texans with Disabilities),
Austin
Against: Davis, Will (Texas Assn. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin
On: Myron, Rhonda (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin
SB 623
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Marshall, Susan (The Arc of Texas & Texas Advocates), Austin
Schwartz, Jonas (United Cerebral Palsy of Texas), Austin
Sokolow, Judith (Advocacy, Inc.), Austin
On: Erben, Andrew (Texas Association of Builders), Austin
Garvin, John (Texas Department of Housing and Community
Affairs), Austin
SB 1029
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Matula, Ivan (Texas Acupuncture Association), Austin
Myers, Leslie (Texas Acupuncture Association), Driftwood
Newbold, Dee Ann (Texas Acupuncture Association), Austin
Payne, Tyson (Texas Association of Life Underwriters), Austin
Against: Pollard, Mike (Texas Assoc. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin
Simonton, Kay (Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Texas), Austin
On: Myron, Rhonda (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin
SB 1030
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians), Austin
Barron, Connie (Texas Medical Association), Austin
Gonzales, David (Legend Pharmacists), Austin
Gray, Tammy (Lamar Plaza Drug Store), Austin
Leiferman, Cynthia (Advocacy, Inc.), Austin
Marshall, Susan (The Arc of Texas), Austin
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union), Austin
McPherson, Kim (The Mental Health Association in Texas), Austin
Payne, Tyson (Texas Association of Life Underwriters), Austin
Against: Kloster, Jeff (Texas Association of Health Plans), Austin
On: Bordelon, Rod (Office of the Public Insurance Counsel), Austin
Myron, Rhonda (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin
SB 1063
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians), Austin
Horne, Allen (Texas Hospital Association), Austin
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Hospital Association), Austin
Walker, Craig Alan (Tx. Org. of Rural & Community Hosp.,Tx.
Rural Health Assn.), Austin
Wallace, B.R. (Skipper) (RCHS Board), Lampasas
On: Myron, Rhonda (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin
Tessen, Robert "Sam" (Center for Rural Health Initiatives),
Austin
SB 1246
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Donaldson, Nub (Car & Truck Rental & Leasing Association),
Austin
On: Durden, David (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin
SB 1274
AGAINST: Baldwin, George (Associated General Contractors), Austin
ON: Mitchell, Mark (Self), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bruns, Richard (Texas Construction Association), Austin
SB 1376
FOR: Davis, Will (Texas Assoc. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin
Patterson, Jerry (Texas Association of Health Plans), Austin
ON: Myron, Rhonda (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Keene, Russ (Self), Dallas
Pollard, mike (Texas Assoc. of Life & Health Insurers), Austin
Yates, Jim (Self), San Antonio
Against: Simonton, Kay (Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Texas), Austin
SB 1787
ON: Smith, Ricky (Texas Department of Public Safety), Austin
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gilbert, Bo (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas), Austin
Huxel, Bob (Farmers Insurance Group), Austin
Simpson, Robert (State Farm Insurance Companies), Austin
Against: Schneider, Rob (Consumers Union), Austin
On: Durden, David (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin
Hunt, Darrel (Texas Department of Transportation), Lago Vista
Smith, Dewayne Lee (Texas Department of Public Safety), Austin